western fierce that it is developing nuclear weapons. iran said their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. that country said it could hit israel and military bases in the region if it comes under attack. >> harris, the missile that iran said they successfully tested have the ability to hit targets at land and sea at range of 180 miles with great accuracy and that puts shipping at risk. >> they would use it in land base targets and also sea based targets most vulnerable are tankers awaiting the traffic throughout straits. >> iran sabre rattling is likely to di deter a strike by

israel. the armed forces of our country are able to target and destroy land and sea targets and misdemeanor and missile seats and ammunition sites and radars and other points. the american secretary said diplomacy is the privered method of dealing with iran especially in the war of words israel. >> should efforts fail and should iran make the decision to proceed, that we have all options on the table including military options. >> fateh missiles have been around but they can travel 60 miles further today than a decade ago. and they can be outfitted with nuclear war heads. harris. >> thank you, peter. new reaction from governor mitt romney. he's campaigning in indiana where today he hammered away

at blaming his policiless for slow job growth and high unemployment. >> we have had 42 straight months with unemployment over 8 percent. this was the president who said if he passed his stim tim bill we would never go above eight percent. governor romney picked up a report from clint eastwood. eastwood campaigned for john mccane. president obama taking the day off for his birth he's now 51 years old and left the white house with a round of golf with frepped no, sir camp david. molly, what is clint eastwood saying about governor mitt romney. >> he said it is it an exciting election and governor mitt romney's leadership is now more important than ever. >> i think the country needs a boost somewhere. >> as for the july 4th job

numbers. two presidential candidates focused on different parts of the report. president obama highlighted 163,000 jobs added last month. more than expected but better than june. he said more work needs to be done. >> we knew when i started in this job that thisthis would take time. we haven't had to come back from a economic crisis this deep or painful since the 1930s and we knew if we were persistant and we kept at it and kept working that we would gradually get to where we needed to be. >> the president will spend the rest of the birthday weekend with his family in the presidential retreat in camp david in maryland. three more job reports coming out including the reports for october which is significant in november. >> molly. stick with the latest job's

report. you told us the president's latest take on >> the governor talked about the unemployment rate. it was 8.3 percent in july. governor romney said 42 months with an unemployment rate shows the president's economic plans are not working. >> these families are having hard times and some out of college and high school. half of the kids coming out of college can't get work or work that is consistent with a college degree. this has been an extraordinary series of policy failures on the part of the president. >> governor romney was asked yesterday that the timing of the vice presidential announcement. and third day, that is the day that vp nominee is expect tod make a speech. he will have to announce it before that. >> all right. molly henningberg. we know it is close.

>> new reaction over voting rights and giving new meaning to the term battle ground state it is happening in ohio. president obama's campaign is filing a lawsuit. the law currently allows men and women in the military to vote up until monday night before the election. cut off for the rest of the public is three days earlier. all voters should be able to vote before the election day. new reaction from governor mitt romney and saying in a statement posted on line just a few hours ago. president obama's lawsuit claiming that it is unconstitutional for ohio to extend early voting privileges is an outrage. the brave men and women of the military make tremendous sacrifices and we should do everything can to protect the right to vote. and the obama campaign and

mr. romney and his campaign are fabricating a campaign and restrict military voting in ohio. there is it early voting rights prior to the election. back and forth. a hearing is set for this month. we will let you know what happened in ohio. voters have correctly chosen who would be president in the past 12 elections. >> now on to oakland california. occupy protestors accused of making a mess of president obama's office. no word of injuries on and also 200 of the occupiers reportedly smashed car windows nearby. it was part of the weekly

march against police. the occupy movement started last year when protestors popped up tents in city park to push against social and economic creed. >> a wild life alert dozen of wildfires are burning over oklahoma. and reaching 113 drek heat and high winds helping to spread the winds to dozens of homes and at this hour. hundreds of people in four counties have been told to leave their homes. >> it is like being in an interno. you are surrounded by fire and smoke. >> investigators looking into a report of someone setting the fire. witnesses say they saw a man throw flaming newspapers from a pick up truck. maria molina will have more oned the wildfire. we'll have that inside of the fox report. for now the fbi on the job as the number of walmart storse

fielding bomb threat system growing. >> target of the disturbing phone calls, store after store, again this week. evacueing shoppers and employers and bomb squads search for danger. the latest on the investigation. >> also his own wife thought he was dead until he showed up hundreds of miles away. but where is the man police think faked his own death now? stay close.

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>> bomb threats at walmart storse. three locations in the kansas city area in kansas and missouri evacueed over the threats yesterday. each store searched and nothing dangerous turning yup the walmart that you see here in new jersey, same thing this week. there were 700 people in the store when they had to empty it out. they had to evacuee twice after two different bomb threats were phoned n. and now 18 different walmart received bomb threats. they do not know who is making the phone calls. in new york, the case of a man

reported missing taking a twist. police believe he tried to fake his own death. raymond roth had claimed that his dad disappeared from the beach. but days later ross got a speeding ticket in south carolina and his wife found e-mails documenting conversations with his son about faking his own death. where is he now his wife ivana said she was olivious and has poke to him once. acknowledging she was going to tell reporters about his attempts to fake the death. ivana what is going o. you have a press conference. be nice almost 15 years

together. last time anyone reported seeing him was a cop saw him zooming down the highway in south carolina. he was in a missing person's registry. he was not any charges. >> i had no knowledge at all that he would do this. he got fired from his employer on the 20th. he told me to put the house up for sale. he gave away all of his suits. i told him life goes on and we'll get your resume out there and you can start over and he was in a whirl wind. >> her husband tripled the life insurance policy and revised his will recently. roth talked about his keys, wallet and shoes and suspicious e-mails between roth and their 22 year old son

referring to telling johnathon to call him from a pay phone and update him on how things were developing in new york. >> i feel like a sadness that he put a lot of the people in danger to look for him like he drawned and i was planning a funeral for him. i lost my husband. >> police say roth told him he plans to return to new york. and he hasn't shown. their son whereabouts. are not known. >> he wants new's updates in new york. >> so what happens to the guy. >> the national county district attorney. said the investigation is on going and no decision is made as to whether criminal charges are filed and no word if rame - raymond roth will have to pay the thousands. >> his wife acknowledging that

people had put themselves out in dangerous situations looking for him. >> right. >> thank you. >> race car driver joining the effort to bring two missing cousins home to safety. he has a tip line and pictures on his fast car for all to see. he is racing in the u.s. cellular today. he didn't hesitate when someone suggested using the car. >> we will try to help. it makes sense. so many people will be here in the track and people at home that are watching it >> elizabeth colins and lyric cook vanished three weeks ago after riding their bikes near a lake in evansdale. >> some people looking to save money on airline tickets are charged over and over again for the same seats. and the farmer who turned his track in a monster truck.

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charges. countdown for nasa's curiosity rover. about to start the final approach to mars. it is accelerating under its gravity and speeding toup 8,000 miles per hour. robber and here's what is supposed to happen. this is involved. first the spacecraft carrying the rover will tear through the martian mose - atmosphere and take the rover within 65 feet of the martians surface and lower curiosity on a sky crane. tell do it without commands from earth it is packed with so much uncertainty and risk. nasa calls it 7 minutes of

terror. they are opening up the school's planetarium. we'll bring you complete as it happens monday morning. >> the vermont farmer accused of crushing 7 sheriff cars and transport van and more with his tractor is behind bars. we were covering this story on the breaking news desk. the suspect due back tuesday after he unleashed his tractor like it was a monster truck. look at the damage. he was angry over a recent arrest for marijuana possession . his anger was aimed at the wrong people. jenny day is here to explain. 11 felonies and three misdemeanors and the possibility of spending a long time behind bars. crushing cruisers several

squad cars and one van that is used to transport in me. >> it is still shock and awe. he walked in the court in shackles. he will not make a plea until tuesday because his lawyer wants more time to look at the facts and he wants an aggravated assault charge dropped. >> (inaudible) the farmer has had several run ins with the law. most recent possession of marijuana and resisting arrest. it was the sheriff who he targeted. that department hasn't dealt with him for five years. >> mixed up the agencies and thought it was you guys. >> he thought it might be the arresting officers. >> he turned it into a salvage yard on thursday. friday they were covered. >> they plan to use the jaws

of life the passenger looked to see if the equipment was salvagable. we are told that they are half of the department's entire plete. they had to come back and look for a guy on a tractor they say. i found out that the sheriff's department is estimating it at 300,000. we'll let you know what happened. >> a colorado massacre victim is laid to rest. he may have tried to tackle the suspect before he died. >> police are responding quickly to armed robberies. dramatic video came in. we'll show it to you. stay with us. .

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>> i am harris falker and this is the fox report in the bottom of the hour. iran claim thag it successfully test fired an upgraded version of a short range missile. the new claim from iran it is capable of taking out land and sea targets of u.s. and israel with pin point precision making it the most capable. and with a range of 180 miles that means it could reach u.s. military bases in the middle east. oscar winning actor clint eastwood throwing his support behind the republican

candidate. now he is the highest celebrity supporters. >> oklahoma wild destroying homes and forcing them to flee. and officials say heat and high winds fueling those flames and they are looking into reports that someone may have set the fire by throwing burning newspapers from his truck. conditions becoming more desperate for people in the grip of the ongoing drought. not only are crops dying, insists are now thriving. this is it a big problem. experts predict populationings for yellow jackets will explode in the coming months. many tourist destinations are on high alert. ernesto gains traction in the caribbean. maria molina is live there with the latest. >> you are right. we are tracking two storm

systems. one of them in the caribbean about 500 miles to the east, southeast of kingston, jamaica that is continued to intensify and tropical storm florence off to the east. ernesto is forecast to track west ward and monday afternoon, could be a categor one hurricane and forecast to impact the yucatan peninsula before exiting in the gulf of mexico. we'll need to watch the storm closely for possible u.s. impact as we head in next week it is too early to tell. it is forecasted to continue to strengthen and maximum sustained wins of 61 miles per hour out in the atlantic, we have tropical storm florence and typical to see the waves coming off of africa. and not unusual for this time of year as we head in august and september. it is maximum sustained winds and continuing to move west ward and actually weaken.

it is good news it is no threat to land right now. in the lower 48. we are talking about dry conditions. they are looking at below average precipitation so far this year. and we have extreme to exceptional drought in parts of the midwest and affecting agriculture and we are forecasting more sunshine and dry weather and more hot temperatures especially for the state of oklahoma where we have ongoing wild fires and triple digits and maybe an isolated storm. but isolate nothing to bring much much a relief across oklahoma. northeast ward. we have strong to severe storms in parts of the great lakes and midwest. we have two in chicago and milwaukee and fort wayne. several warnings and thankfully no tornado warningings at this time. and guess where the storms are headed to impact back down in

tennessee. >> maria molina keeping an eye on us. >> one of the victims in the colorado movie mass cure was laid to rest. johnathon blunk. a u.s. navy veteran and father of twompt we know he gave his life in front of a friend in the shooting. but now we are hearing that he may have tried to stop the gunman that night. a former shipman said police said her husband matched the description of a man who confronted thehooter. the fbi unable to confirm because of a court gag order on anything related to the investigation. >> police in aurora, colorado investigating a possible fake charity set up in the wake of the massacre. whomever was behinted website planned on keeping the money for themselves. no arrest made in all of this

but they'll crack down on the case. >> these are predators and anyone who trying to victimize the victims for their own gain and take advantage of the horrible situation, we'll do everything in our power to prosecute them. >> in fact, the federal trade commission told people to be aware of charit ablefraud and only contribute to known and established organization. and also we are hearing from a colorado man who was arrested for bringing a loaded gun in a suburban movie theater. police swarmed the movie theater. he said he had a conceal would carry permit that gives him the right to carry a handgun. >> i always carry it no threats or shots fired and just a man doing what is lawfully protected in the colorado constitution.

>> i think it was more about the timing. he didn't break the law. mapes is demanding a an apology. >> secretary of state hilary clinton urging citizens there not to let history repeat itself. there was deadly violence. some estimate the wide spread unrest cost the nation one billion in lost revenue and a lost reputation as a stable east democracy. and explosions and heavy fighting and two largest cities in the capitol stave damascus. continued fighting shows that the president there and regime are having trouble stopping the rebels and near damascusi iran's english language

television said 40 pill grimace were kidnapped. they use that language to describe rebel forces. they are trying to capture a television broadcasting build nothing building in aleppo. army drove away the rebels with attack helicopters. activist say 19,000 people have been killed since the uprising began a year ago. mud slides and wide spread flooding in indian. this is our stories around the world in 80 seconds. india, killer down pouring took the lives was 7 people among them three firefighters swept away while attempting rescue. 19 people missing, all

construction workers and pill grimace on the annual trek to a hindu shrine stranded. they are told to stay put until the weather improves and they can get to them. libya a car bomb in tripoli. no one hurt but vehicles were damaged. investigators are recovering the materials used to make the bomb. there is a weak security situation after the late dictator gaddafi was kicked out. peru. 50 tons of marijuana up in smoke. detroy more than 200,000 pot plants one at a time in a jungle region. street value is 15 million. peru is one of the world's largest growers. >> argen tina, apparently it takes more than two to tango. dance fans getting a preview

at what to see in the tango. thousands of people going later this month. that is a wrap on the fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> here at home we are getting new information following the latest jobs report. higher number than expected so far from where we need to be. the unemployment rate is kicking up again from 8.2 to 8.3 in july. someone is hiring. we'll show you who. james rosen has more. 38,000 hires. it is it a quarter of the jobs that the u.s. economy add in july .

retailers hired just 7,000 new workers. >> companies seem more willing to hire right now. it was across the board. it was cautious and these numbers are not we need numbers. north of 200,000 jobs that are created to start to see significant improvement in terms of the jobless rate and situation . it is good enough to keep pace with population if we continue at that rate we'll bring it down gradually. the ratio of employment one out of 7 americans doesn't

have a job or can't find a full-time job. they are abysmal numbers. >> they'll survey the job openings. and they show just about three and half million down from the good times of 2007 and up from mid2009. you could be forbegin from wondering why the open jobs in a country where so many people remain desperate for work are not filled more swiftly. the average length of a person's unemployment is growing longer and in that time worker skills atropy and become less suitable for new jobs. >> the result of the recession and all the more reason why to get the unemployment rate down sooner than later. >> among those hardest hit is veterans. unemployment rate stands at 6.9 percent and the war necessary afghanistan and

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changes for the safety procedures. >> tragedy strikes in the nation's biggest shopping mall. minnesota, part of a parking garage ramp collapses in the famous mall of america and crushing the front of a uhaul truck. rescuers keeping the victims calm until ambulances could get there. >> i talked to him and asked if he was okay. and he asked me to pull the seat back. it will crush your ribs more. >> one person died and two others seriously hurt. the driver misjudged the height of the truck and struck a roof beam and caused the beam to fall. >> massachusetts, tince moments as more than dozen

swat officers swarm a home with two suspects. neighbors watched the entire scene unfold. >> i saw the cops and police. like special forces. >> almost as soon as it started it was over. suspects laid down and surrendered without a fight. police chief credit the swat team for ending the situation peacefully. >> and california, four month old harper seal named iris on the way to recovery. the baby was born blind and nearly died. >> she was feeling around and would eat that way but couldn't catch. >> sea world and san diego performing surgery to remove the cataracts from the eyes. she's doing well but it is too soon to know if she would go back to the wild. doesn't look like she is itching to move yet. >> he's the most decorated

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>> spoiler alert. we have a sound tract. there it is. kind of. look away when you hear that sound. mute your tv if you had not heard the results from the london olympics games. we are about to give result key sports. store tore book finish for michael phelps. he led the medley relay to

gold in the last race of his outstanding career. the swimming phenomenon getting choked up as he received his 22nd olympics medal. on to tennis. serena williams scoring gold against maria sharapova and paired up with sister scren isfor the doubles. you can't coach hype. those guys are big and ther coming behind for a victory they will move on to the next round. south africans are making history on the tracts. a double amputee to a second place finish in heat one. he advances to the semifinals . i watched a lot. he had to go through the test to make sure he didn't have an added advantage with the prosthetic limbs. they found he didn't and he's

allowed to race. >> people in and a major boost. olympics park is busy. but the popular shops and restaurants in london are trugling and one expert describes the entire situation a disaster for the british economy. greg reports. >> over in the olympics market things are busy. but in central london. it is empty. it is a ghost town. >> grin and bear it. >> and normally fill would restaurant tables are often empty. >> we expected a boost in the trade with all of the hype with the olympics. >> this is a hotel and attractions off 40 percent overall tourism is down. >> we are seeing a substantial drop off in domestic business that. is hurting the london economy. >> sold out london theater.

where are my audiences? they are in the olympics. >> officials here are worried about olympics chaos and congestion, to some extent warned people to stay away they complied. things got so bad, british government had to beg people to work well >> london is open for business. >> there are signs that more folks are coming back to london. they will take a break from the games. >> we have had no problems getting in and out. >> there is it no problem. no problem. >> we are shopping. >> still it might take more visitors than that to payar the 15 billion price tag. in london, fox news. >> very interesting. how is this for a reason to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. skydivers going for a world record. we'll actul which one and how many times they had to try this.

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the group jumping from the planes. and the divers fell up to speeds of 220 miles per hour wearing helmets. they did it so the judges can verify the formation . this was not paze. we are all balancing and higher air speed it is tricky to link up. is it took 15 attempts to break the record. 108 skydivers set the prevous mark back in 09. i can barely go up the spares without getting -- stressed. iran successfully test fired an upversion of the missile. american and israeli with pin point precision. the range now is 180 miles.

military leaders say it is capable of reaching u.s. military bases including the u.s. navy's fifth fleet based in barain. in oklahoma, hundreds of people forced from their homes as wildfire burn in the state. dozens of homes are burned. heat and high winds are make all worse looking into a report that someone may have set the fire by throwing burning newspapers from his truck. >> on this day in 1693, the world got more bubblier. a french monk name would dom pion. discovered champagne. it is a good tale. at the time, the now famous hollande man was live nothing france, and he had a way to make white wine from red grapes. high hit on something special.

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